The Most Famous
CRITICS from Finland
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Finnish Critics of all time. This list of famous Finnish Critics is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Vissarion Belinsky (1811 - 1848)
With an HPI of 62.49, Vissarion Belinsky is the most famous Finnish Critic. His biography has been translated into 51 different languages on wikipedia.
Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky (Russian: Виссарион Григорьевич Белинский, tr. Vissarión Grigórʹjevič Belínskij, IPA: [vʲɪsərʲɪˈon ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʲɪˈlʲinskʲɪj]; June 11 [O.S. May 30] 1811 – June 7 [O.S. May 26] 1848) was a Russian literary critic of Westernizing tendency. Belinsky played one of the key roles in the career of poet and publisher Nikolay Nekrasov and his popular magazine Sovremennik. He was the most influential of the Westernizers, especially among the younger generation. He worked primarily as a literary critic, because that area was less heavily censored than political pamphlets. He agreed with Slavophiles that society had precedence over individualism, but he insisted the society had to allow the expression of individual ideas and rights. He strongly opposed Slavophiles on the role of Orthodoxy, which he considered a retrograde force. He emphasized reason and knowledge, and attacked autocracy and theocracy.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as critics born between 1811 and 1811. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased critics include Vissarion Belinsky.
